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Geneyieve Grimes, Grievance.

SHE SUES JOHN T. CHRISNoND FOR $4,000 FOR
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
Genevieve Grimes has. by Mr. j. G. Bigelow,
fled suit against John T. ChrisInOnd for $40 900
for breach or promise OF marriage. She alleges
that they agreed 10 marry another, and rea-
sOnable time has elapsed, yet he has neglected
and refused to keep his promise, and that, relying
on his promises she yielded To his solicitations,
ana TOT about q year they cOhabited as husband
and wife, living such ut 6,35 street southwest
and sine Was introduced TO bis friends and rela-
tEeS as his wife, that they Travelled tOget her and
registered as husband and wife. She charges that
from time TO time he put of the fultIlment OF the
promises with one excuse and another until the
middle OF June. when he deserted and abandoned
her without money or friends, and with her name
and Character by him utterly ruined
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KILLED BY KICK.-NlcnolaS A. Jones, the senior
member OF the firm or Jones & Mason, founders
and machnistS, at Kansas City, No. died Thurs
day, at MS home in Armourdale. An hour after
ward Lewis Sinclair. superintendent OF the works,
was arrested as his murderer. The two men had q
scule at the ollice a few days ago, and Jones was
taken home suffering from acute pains said TO
have been caused by a kick in the abdomen del1v-
cred by Sinclair.
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'sNOT A WORD OF TRUTH IN IT."-With regard tC
the story published in the Cincinnati Inquire,
that syndicate, composed OF Jno. w. Mackay, D.
U. Mills Root. Garrett, GeO.W. ChildS, and others
had been formed TO consolidate all telegraph lines
in opposition TO the Western Union, MIR. de Castro
vtce-presdent OF the Commercial Cable Co., and
MIR. Mackay'S representative In New York in tele
graph matters, said yesterday: at is very nice
idea, but there is not a word OF truth in IT, Mr.
Mackay had no conference with MIR. Garrett OF
any OF the gentlemen named, and am positive
that such consolidation has not been considered.
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GRAND CONCERT by the well-knOwn and cele-
bratcd Orchr.ITt 81 Prof. Christ. Arth will be given
% rfrh; al EdelS summer Garden formerly Abb
10 the public.
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PRISONS out of the city for the summer and
thO-e who expect 10 come TO the CITY In the fail
should send to b. H. Warner q CO., 916 street
northwest. for their bulletin of houses 10 rent,
published every Monday morning and sent any
where by mail on Application.
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STEAMER Pnor Boy

STEAMER Pnor Boz
YMONT
Two excursion trips daily.
Music and Dancing on Boat and Grounds,
MISS RAYMOND,
THE CELEBRATED CORNET yIRTUOSO,
SPECIALLY ENGAGED.
Will play on the stesner aud grounds rendering solos
with feeling and execution
Week Days-Steaiier leaves her wharf, foot of eth
street, 10 and 90 y. IL Returning, arrives
home at ) and / p. m.
Saturday evening trips at z.
Sundsys-l0 and 3:.}0 pm. Returning home
ATT and pm.
% Cents. ROUND TRIP % Cents.
Family dsys-Every Saturday at 10 q m Returning
home at > 30 p. IN.
10 Ccnts. ROUND TRIP. 10 Cents
Meals served on Boat and grounds.
For charters. &c. apply to RUBr CALLAHAN. 9O2
Peausylyania ave. jy6-2m
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lightning RODS, electric work.
j. III. kUEHLIS9,
1912 PennSy lvtnid avenue.
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BLINDED BY VITRIoL--A man named Edward
Graham entered Sieverts cigar-store In Toronto,
ont, yesterday, and walking up to the counter be-
the contents OF a can OF vitrO into young Severts
face The man then ran, but was chased and ar
rested. Young Sievert is terribly burned. He has
lost the sight or one eye and IL is feared VIII lose
the sight OF the other. Graham'S motive for CON-
mltting the daStardly deed is not known.
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AARRIAGB LICRNsRs.-Mayr1age licenses have
been issued by the clerk OF the court to JnO Bay
ior and Emily Taylor; Chas. II. Williams and
Louisa II. cutler.
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BAY R1peE, Bay RlpeE.
TIE u EE:, RESORT OF THE ChESAPEAkE!
MODEL PLEASURE RESORT.
Fare for the round trip no Change of Cars.
81 81. 81. 81 81
Fast Trains Splendid Coaches
81. 81. 81 81 81.
Week Days and Sundays
The great week of the season,
AUGUST S-lo. inclusive.
Attraction-WAL1ER EMEHSON,
The most brilliant Cornet player IF the age,
And NINE MEDOkA HENSON,
The noted Dratorio Singer
THE HOTEL Is NON READY FOR GUESTS.
Tcl schedule of trains see Is. q .. advertisement.
On and after Sunday, July "a meals at the restau-
rant will be served the American and European
Plans 81 and the American Plan in the Restaurant
Pavilion on Sundays. from l. to 4 y. IN.
A lunch counter Will be opened in the basement of
the restaurant pavilion where Ice Cream, Cakes &c.
will toe served.
Hotel American plan. Rates-Transent. per day,
with board, 3d. weekly, with board, Sl2 TO $50
81 ecial ateS for one month and longer
te:,i-3m GEO. MEBB General Agent.
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Notes from Bedford.

Correspondencs o! HE EVENING STAR.
BEDFORD SPRINGS, Pa, August IL.
There is colony OF Wsshingtonians here who
daily await the arrival OF TIE STAR
Mr.. John E. Herrell and family, MeSsrs John
Hamlin, Thos. Brown, Cooper. Blair. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Mendenhall and Others are here.
The place has air OF antiquity about 1t that is
rare In the United States but the presiding deity
Is is substantially. The Dement'S from the water
are real 'The everlasting hills" Clothed with a
continuity OF shade and the ZgZag walks TO the
top, where one gets magnificent views OF the Ale
gany Mountains, are among the attractions
President James Buchanan came here every year
for fifty years regularly, except when minister to
England. Hon. Simon Cameron also has been a
guest here annually for about the same number OF
years. Governor Curtin has been coming for
twenty years in succession, and is here at the
present time.
team OF the prettiest Shetland ponies I ever
saw were driven from PittSburg TO this place in
three days a distance OF 100 miles. TIBER.
KERNANs THEATKR--Next week Manager ker-
nan will present an entirely new speciality CON-
pany, including the FOrrester'S operate change
artists; Chas. and Mau Vincent In their new
SpectaltieS; Frank and Clara Marion, the great
sketch team; Harry Burns and Carrie Monroe.
The 0ureSQue attraction will be "Pin-a-4;" or,
1.-THE Tale OF q Mascot" by the GrieveS BuriesQue
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Indications FIR fhe - hours commencing nj H. m,
For the District OF Columbia. MARYLAND, and
yirrt-i1 fIlr weather northeast winds, shifting
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FUssELL's ICK-CREAM.

LIGHTNING RODS repaired. Speaking tubes.
j. III. kUEHLING,
1912 Pennsylvania avenue.
FINF PoRrRA1rs kets kemethy. IIO9 Pa ave.
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EXCURSION OF THE
e. UNION VETERAN CORPS. lsr Co..
To Lower Cedar Point. TUESDAY, AUGUST 16. 1887,
ON steamer Henry L. Bishop leaving Stephenson q
Wharf at . sharp Vocal and instrumental music
Courteous attention and good order guaranteed
Tickets, 80 cents children to IL. half price For
sale by members and friends, and at wharf. auS-7t
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Boys Gray, White, and Blue Flannel
Shirts, Soc; Youths, 75c.; Mems 81; at Auer
bachs Bicycle Shirt Depot and Sewing Machine
Rooms, 7th l.
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Working. Travelling, and Boating
shirts, all Colors and sizes, from soc. TO 81 at
Auerbachs Bicycle Shirt Depot and Sewing Ma
chine Rooms, 7lh & q.
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In Fairfax County.
In FAirfAX CONOfy.
HE OPENING OF THE GRANGE CAMP-TEE TOWN OF
DUNN-LORING.
Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR

He OPENING OF THE GRANGE CAMP-TEE TOWN OF
DUNN-LORING.
Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR.
GRANGE CAMP, Va, August IL.
Yesterday was the first day OF the fourth annual
fair OF the Northeastern District Grange Of VIr-
gnia No opening exercises were had and the
day was wholly given to preparation. New booths
were constructed, and some OF the buildings were
put In better condition for use. Some exhibitors
were On hand and arranged their articles for dis
play. The lunch-men are here In liberal numbers.
A sweet cider maker Is here, and the beverage
flows sufficiently freely to meet the days demand
notice that considerable work has been done
on the grounds during the past year. such as grub
bling and thinning out OF trees and ditchlng Some
OF tle low place, and ravines. The condition OF
the buildings In some instances has been much
improved.
the Farm and Ffreside, the Grange organ, ed.
tied by Secretary Wedderburn, has been eStab-
lished here. with steam press. pOst-of1ce is
established here, and q railroad station. The W.,
o. W. will run excursion trains until the end Of
the fair.
There are addresses by able speakers every day.
The fair is under the management OF President K
K. Farr, Master Il. Il. Garrett and Secretary Alex.
j. Wedderburn.
The proposed town Of Dunn-Lor1ng has made
start. Though one OF It's founders, the lamented
for viii, think, be realized. Mr. Poole has
erected residence OF fine appearance. A Mr.
Taylor has large and attractive looking building
Mr. La Fetra, OF Washington, has purchased two
lots on which he Will have built two residenc
One OF them, frame, is now being erected l ana
told that eight lots have recently been sold 1t is
said that ii Gen. Dunn had lived the contemplated
hotel would have been erected this season. Dunn
Loring has post Office, and the sons OF Gen. Dunn
have said that the poles and wire for a telephone
from the family residence to the station viii be
erected soon. GRANGER
Sitting HER OPPONENTS NOsE.-Maggie WAL
tiers and Louisa Mason had a fight In SWtpgham-
mer's alley last night, during which Maggie cut
LOuisa's nose. The injured woman is t1fly years
or age She was attended by physicians from the
Emergency Hospital. This morning in the Police
Court Maggie entered a plea or guilty. She said
however, that Louisa assaulted her first and that
then she (Maggie) picked up piece OF glass and
Slit LOulSa'S nose. Louisa said that the weapon
was a knife, which had just been sharpened
Maggie went down for 60 days.
STOCKHOLDERS OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL-
Co. Will be interested In the notice In another
column proposing change IN the board OF direc-
tors OF That corporation. Tie movement seems to
be backed by important interests
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DISMISSED FROM TIE NATIONAL GUARD-Priyare
Jas r Morgan. &C. b., 9Th Battalion, OF the Dis
trict National Guard. has been discharged This
j the nrSt act o. discipline since the reOrgapiZa-
tio1 OF the District Militia Morgan was court
mdrtaled for drunkenness and INSTRUMENTATION
ana sentenced 10 De d1shOnorably discharged
Gen Orcway issued general order to-day ap-
proving the sentence -
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The CONCERT IN THE WHITE Horse Gporyns
The Following Is the program OF music TO be rem
dered oy the Marine Band at the promenade con-
cert IL the White House grounds at 10 this after
noon: March, "ManisOt." by 7. p. Brooks; over
tcre. Morning. Noon. and Night" Suppe: "RemI-
hl>crnceS o. Weber. Godfrey: "Inv1i alton a la
vase, Weber: song, THE Lost Chord" sullivan:
boero. TO son Ia Rosa" Mar1ani; selection LA
GiOcOnda," POnchieIn
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DEATH OF SPECIAL EXAMINER NEwCoNgE-Nr
ADh|T T. NewcOmbe. a wciI-knOwn special eX-
&m!r"T Of the Pension ONCE, died suiienly YES
ttTily AZ MS home, SAG street. or PARALYSIS liz.
WIS ABOUT sixty years OF a. -, ami was for many
He was the Ontcer who found and canr,Irrd can't
Hpwgtte AT Mount Clements, Mich. and he was
engaged In many cases in which he DISPLAYED
much detective .agacity. He leaves a wife ana
daughter.
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Sire aud Pa avenue
$500 SGo# now $3.50 500 Snoes now $500.
s. 20 shoes now $500. 400 SHOES now 1920.
&. 81 shoes now $50 $500 Shoes now g. 40
Upea tonight until 10 O'Clock
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The union canp-meeting of the N L. Church began
nj Irving Park, near Annapolis Junction, yesterday
under favorable auspices The attendance was
large. The opening sermon was preached by Rev.
Washington Murray. Rev. W. II. Draper, the
president, was busy during the day looking after
the comfort OF the tent-hOlders. He was assisted
py ReyS- T. w y Peck, Benjamin Brown, /. L.
THOMAS, Alexander Dennis and Washington Muir
ray. Tomorrow VIII Dc the first Sunday In camp
ana a great time Is expected The order OF
services has been arranged as follows: $50 a. n,
family prayers; Q q N, love feast, led by Rev
Benz Brown; IL a. ~. sermon by Rev. E. w =
Peek; = D. H.. young peoples prayer and praise
meeting, led by Rev W. III. Draper; 3 p. m, SER
mon by Rev. Eden Hammond; D D. N. young
peoples meeting, led by Rev. Benz. Brown; 8 pm,
sermon by Rev. !. l. Thomas.
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MAJOR BLOOD Misunderstanding TO the state
ment Ol MIS- Holmes 10 Assistant Attorney Shep-
ard Wednesday, after her husband had been SEN
fenced 70 jail IOr six months Tor aSsaulting her
That she intended 20 settle with Major Blood
whom she proclaimed a disturber OF her family
psace the major states that he was not disturber
OF the peace OF the Holmes family rather tried
10 act as Preserver OF their domestic happiness :"
H says: about six or seven weeks ago, Mrs
Holmes came 10 Judge Smell and asked him to get
Der husband discharged from the workhouse
JUICE Shell called me into hts private rooms and
te-uHg me the circumstances, asked me 70 take
chang OF the man and Try To do something for
hin After talking the matter over, the Judge
tod her that hs would discharge him II would
taAr hold OF him After that had private talk
WITH her aside from the judge, and ascertained
mat strong drink was at the bottom OF their
troubles The judge sent down the discharge and
when Holmes came up saw him privately and
tirn brought them together and With the kiss
Ci p'atr ana recOncliatf0n that passed between
theiu they renewed their marriage obligation
AMI promised TO henCeforth have nothing 20 do
WITH strong drink The major adds that about
Ten days after that the troubles were renewed
and he again attempted 10 act as peacemaker but
Wa, not successful this time, as was proved by
The sequel
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We have made up a fresh

Drink the ssQueell Of Beers,'
II you want to save doctors bills. The health O,
your entire family will be studied by ordering this
beer from the Agency, 12O8 ID street northwest.
15 cents per Dozen GIN
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BKIGHTwoOD RACES. Tuesday. Aug. &c. at pm.
DR. " HENSON & SONS. ChiropOdiStS, Manicure
AMI DerInaJOJI iSt, removed TO Ais l1th st. Il. ".
ron LNp,i.I
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BKreHrwooD RACES. Tuesday. Aug. 16, at pm
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sEEIEs-Dr. c. l. LOOMS, OF NOntello. re-
ports that his hen house was robbed Of one hun
Cred nj twelve Plymouth Rock and Leghorp
en- Nena, wof 80 tine night Of the 10Th inst
stephen Ratio. OF 1918 street northwest reports
mat his bdrrOOf.i was entered the night OF the
1Oth Inst, and $50 taken VIM. English reports
mat pair OF new shoes worth 81 was taken from
N.s mouse, 2sl2 street. on Wednesday afternoon.
y d crew or $50 street, reports stolen Friday
HUH MS rooin his coat, vest, &c, worth $40.
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bargains.
watches and Jewclry FRANK Al Pa ave I

trunks and harness properly repaired at
reasonable prices. ToPHAM's MANUPACToRY
1y3l Penn, ave n "
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DISCOUNT DAYS at Edmonston's shoe Stores, F
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S3 Per Gallon, 55c. Quart bottle. NO.n
Rye Whiskey, best in the world for the money,
Orders by mail MCGREs, 9th near st w&s
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LOCAL MENTION.
The ~ Gather.

AON.-hiS - 49, ~ ~
The Weather.
Indications ne ~ hours commencing nt n. M
For the District OF Columbia. MARYLAND, and
virgtniI. tar weather. northeast winds, shifting
To s1utheasteriy, slightly warmer on sunday.
DISCOUNT DAYS at Edmonstons Shoe Stores, F
Sire 3nd Pa avenue
$500 sao.s now $3.50. 500 Shoes now $500.
s. 80 shoes now $500. 400 shoes now 1920.
& 81 shoes now s. ~. $500 Shoes now s.. 40
open tonight until 10 oclck.
BKrGHrwooD RACES. Tuesday, Aug. TO- at pm.
A GR,xp CONCERT by the well-known and cele-
brafcd Orclr.tr OI Prof Christ Arth will be given
30 night at Eders sumner Garden formerly Abb
ner's, which Will be without doubt pleasant news
70 the public
lightning RODS, electric work.
J. III. kUEHLINa,
1912 Pennsylvania avenue.
They come from every section OF the city for
thai delicious Rialto Soda Water, at DOoley's Drug
Store. 81 and Pennaylvanll avenue southeast.
REIsNGERs Ice cream, 235 G ST. NV.
TWENTY PER CENT DISCOUNT on pocket books,
card letter. cigar writing and dressing cases and
al ether fancy leather goods, to make room for
tall goods at IoPHANs,
1921 Pennsylvania ave. NV.
FUssELL's ICE-CREAM.
LIGHTNING RODS repaired Speaking tubes.
j. Ii. kUEHLING,
1912 Pennsylvania avenue.
FINE PORTRAITS keta hemethy. llO9 Pa ave.
PRISONS out of the city for the summer and
thO-e who expect 10 come TO the city In the fail
should send To Il. H. Warner & CO., 9l6 street
nOTthwest. for their bulletin of houses 10 rent,
published every Monday morning and sent any
where by mail on Application
brentwood RACES Tuesday, Aug. 16, at pm.
DR. Y. HENSON & Sons ChlropOiiStS Manicure
AM DermaIOlOsrst, removed TO Ais l2th st. Il. ".
COrnS removed 2-Ic. each.
''THE Spice-aden gales Of Araby the Blest, which
furnish he theme Tor many an oriental poet, would
scarcely seem fragrant by comparison with East
mans Aloha Perfume.
SAVE your eyesight consult Hempler, cor. AZ.
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1.-THE Spice-laden gales Of Araby the BleSt which
furnish the theme Tor many oriental poet, would
scarcely seem fragrant by comparison with East
mans Aloha Perfume.
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For q Good Assortment OF CarriaQS
Lamps, see L. Il. Hopkins 9O4 Pa. ave. eo3
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The best $40 buggy harness sold any.
where, at TOPHANs MANuFAcToRY
1921 NJ
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holding the relative place in their respective
organizations Is good one. That Is, TO have the
champion Association club play the champion
League club, the second place association club play
the second place League club and so on down the
nne, tlli Cleveland and Pittsburg wrestle with
each other for the BOBBY prize OF America--Cin-
cinndti Inquirer
This Is the way they did 1t In the Chicago papers
AFTER Anson and his hustlers had beaten the WASH
ingtonS last week: "Ir lightning and thunder and
Arson and Ed. Williamson had been playing base
pan Yesterday, and II lightning had struck the
1aii IL Is soup TO nuts that Williamson would have
neioeo the flash out at first before thunder would
nave begun to grOwl. The great shOrt-stop and
ms coileagueS In the infield continued their phe
hom ONE pail playing against the Washingtons"
Inc chicago correspondent OF the Sporting Times
says: The next time the Senators come out to
chicago Jno. Brown will have new banner print
ed for the band-wagon that parades the South Side
just previous to the games. 1t will read some
thing like this:
Chicago Ball Park.
Grand Leather Hunting
Match AifernQnn
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Fresh AlderAey Butter churned every morning
and delivered In Is 10. ''Ward" prints 4Oc per no
Also. Cottage Cheese and Butternilk; sweet MIX
&c. per quart.
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CAPTURED AFTER y IoSG CHasE-This morning
about > O'Clock Ofrcers Pearson and sanford mo-
Iltu coIOTed man ON Pennsylvania avenue and
illh SlNet ana giving chase they oyerhauled him
on lsth and streets mort beast lie proved m ba
Geo Cainpnor alias Geo. Taylor, a returned con-
Wei from AiOaay, and had Iea knives and house
hOld DDS subsequently IL was aScertained that
Ihr articles were from the residence OF Chas r
wright, at the corner or 18th and treets soI,t H.
ttst, when Aad been broken into. HIS case was
SILT 70 the grand jury to-day.
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T OVER CEDAR POINT.
WASHINGTON'S CONEY ISLAND
Excursion season opens June Oath And iaiiv there.
after. Music. Boating, Bathing, Dancing Fishing.
Cheapest and best excursion out Of WashinYton New
and magnificent fast palace steamer Henry Z. Bishop
will leave foot Of 7thstreet wharf daily st u.
ing boat Grand dress parade every afternoon At
o'clock by the Washington Continentsls Good music.
For special rates Sunday schools aud organizations
should apply TO
Round-trip SOC. Children 25c. 3elI-3m
CTEAMER DIXIE RUNS DAILY, MAKING TRIPS
= every hour from Cumberlxnd's Boat House, foo Of
st. and New Hsmpshiro ave-, and foot Of High st,
GeoFgetown, stopping at Holtzman's Landing Table
First trip up q M. last trip down 1t 10 pm.
Roun1 trip. Doc: Children l5c Reduced rates for
large parties. Telephone call 563-2. 3exS-2m
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Thin. WirY Wen the Brarest.

History no doubt gives color to the
IDEA That fat men ate not, as rule.
brave Falstaif was fat man, he was
Conspicuous coward Major Monsoon
was likewise corpuent; his gallantry
lay in the direction Of chickens. There
nave been brave fat men. of course
witness Piclwck, as courageous a gen.
tlcman as ever faced widow. The
heroes Of the world have undoubtedly
been why men, not neces arily scare
crows, but men without an unusual or
unwieidly proportion of adiposc tissue.
Had the living skeleton, now being
sued by his recently made-bride been
fat man, he would undoubtedly have
wlItcd, and permitted himself, per-
haps, to be cerried off in a clothes basket.
Beng a skeleton, he is man of valor,
and no bride of day shall. tr file with his
emaciatcd affections. Anatomically
speaking the skeleton is all grit He
proposes to fight it out 10 the bitter end,
# he has to PAWN his bones to pay coun-
sci fees.
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4 Singing Beach.

At Manchester, Mass. there is "sing
ING beach. For about one fifth of
mile the sand will give out q peculia
sound when stirred By stick or walke'
upon. If a stick is driven into tn
sand sound can be heard for two hun
died feet over the roar Of the surf TIL
life saving service has made investiga
tons and found seyenty-four such else
where in America and thirteen abroad
Certain naturalsts have been investigs
ting these res )nant patches and report
The 'inging sand may occur in con
parativcly small patches in the mid =
ordinary sand 1t always occurs bety
the limits of low and high tide.
same sand does not produce SCUM
all seasons, nor does it Always give
like sounds; when wet it does not
sounds. Samples transported in
lose their sonOrousness, but retail,
if transported in bottles. The sour
produced by friction between an9
particles. Its conditions are dry
uniformity of grain varying from one
10 one tenth of an inch in diameter,
freedom from dust.